An archaeal Rad54 protein remodels DNA and stimulates DNA strand exchange by RadA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2757-2770

  Haseltine, Cynthia A ^a,b   Kowalczykowski, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAD51 PROTEIN; RAD54 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 65849388312     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp068     Document Type: Article

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